This antiwar song was written by Pete Seeger in 1963 on a platoon on maneuvers in Louisiana in 1942. In a larger sense, the song became an allegory for the Vietnam War with the "big fool" representing then-president Lyndon Johnson - though one can substitute him with another Texan in the White House with a stay-the-course plan in Iraq...
This antiwar song was written by Pete Seeger in 1963 on a platoon on maneuvers in Louisiana in 1942. In a larger sense, the song became an allegory for the Vietnam War with the "big fool" representing then-president Lyndon Johnson - though one can substitute him with another Texan in the White House with a stay-the-course plan in Iraq...